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Assessing Binary Measurement Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-19)Binary measurement systems (BMS) are widely used in both manufacturing industry and medicine. In industry, a BMS is often used to measure various characteristics of parts and then classify them as pass or fail, according ... -
Assessing Binary Measurement Systems Using Targeted Verification with a Gold Standard
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-19)Binary Measurement Systems (BMS) are used to classify objects into two categories. Sometimes the categories represent some intrinsically dichotomous characteristic of the object, but sometimes continuous or even multidimensional ... -
Assessing Consistency of Scenarios Across Scales Developing globally linked internally consistent scenarios under the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways framework
(University of Waterloo, 2020-07-02)In global environmental change research, anticipating the implications of large-scale environmental changes on local development is an important endeavour for mitigating and adapting to difficult challenges. Researchers ... -
Assessing hydrological processes controlling the water balance of lakes in the Peace-Athabasca Delta, Alberta, Canada using water isotope tracers
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-22)One of the world’s largest freshwater deltas (~4000 km2), the Peace-Athabasca Delta (PAD), is located at the convergence of the Peace and Athabasca rivers and Lake Athabasca in northern Alberta, Canada. Since the early ... -
Assessing hydrometeorological controls on subalpine plant community evapotranspiration and evaluating the METRIC method using high-resolution UAV imagery in the Canadian Rocky Mountains
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-06)Subalpine wetlands in the Canadian Rocky Mountains function as buffers for snowmelt runoff towards downstream systems and communities. However, hydrological regimes are changing rapidly in these ecosystems due to climate ... -
Assessing Innovative Technologies for Nitrate Removal from Drinking Water
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-22)Several health problems may be caused by excess nitrate in drinking water, the most important of which being methemoglobinemia, a potentially fatal disorder, in infants under six months of age. Many different parts of ... -
Assessing Input Uncertainty in Commodity-Based Freight Demand Models
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-27)Freight demand models are a set of tools utilized for the forecasting, planning, analysis, and/or optimization of the movement of commodities, such as the billions-of-dollars-worth of goods and services that are moved ... -
Assessing Legitimacy Within Collaborative Water Governance: How, When, and by Whom?
(University of Waterloo, 2017-10-24)Collaborative water governance (CWG) is a form of decision-making for water that involves multiple actors with diverse interests working together to solve common problems (e.g., pollution, scarcity, flooding). CWG has ... -
Assessing Local Community Involvement in Tourism Development around a Proposed World Heritage Site in Jerash, Jordan
(University of Waterloo, 2016-11-04)Research on community involvement in development has been conducted in diverse fields of study including planning, geography, community development, anthropology, and others. In the disciplines of tourism, many attempts ... -
Assessing Medication Adherence in Older Adults with Memory Concerns in a Primary Care-Based Memory Clinic
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-02)There is an increasing prevalence of cognitive impairment in the rapidly ageing population. Cognitive impairment has been shown to be a unique barrier to medication adherence in older adults coupled with an increased number ... -
Assessing Mercury Risks for the Optimization of Nutrient Benefits from Wild-harvested Fish Consumption in the Northwest Territories, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2016-03-14)Background: Fish are often rich in essential nutrients, such as omega-3 fatty acids (n-3 FAs) and selenium (Se), and thus can promote health. However, methylmercury (MeHg), a contaminant found in many species in the ... -
Assessing Microbial Viability and Biodegradation Capabilities in Sandstone
(University of Waterloo, 2017-11-17)Environmental practitioners have demonstrated enhanced in situ bioremediation (EISB) in homogeneous unconsolidated soils to remediate chlorinated solvents. However, EISB has not been fully investigated in bedrock environments. ... -
Assessing Mission-critical Vehicular Safety Applications under Various Network Conditions
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-25)Enabling communication among vehicles can facilitate the deployment of safety applications that can improve driving safety and reduce traffic-related fatalities. Assessing the reliability of these safety applications is ... -
Assessing pre-existing movement and muscular recruitment differences in prolonged standing, transient low back pain developers compared to non-pain developers
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-26)Epidemiological studies have reported occupational prolonged standing to be associated with low back pain (LBP). Studies that have conducted simulations of prolonged standing work in healthy individuals have demonstrated ... -
Assessing Progress of Urban Ecological Restoration Using Transplants
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-13)Forests are the dominant terrestrial ecosystem in Ontario and were once widespread throughout much of eastern North America; in southern Ontario, forest cover has declined from 90% to approximately 17% in the past 200 ... -
Assessing reasons for changes in the condition of Deception Bay Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus)
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-24)The Raglan Mine sport fishing program has collected biological fish data in Deception Bay, Nunavik, Québec, Canada since 1998 in collaboration with local committees, small scale sampling programs, and government agencies ... -
Assessing relations among multiple environmental gradients for shallow lakes in Old Crow Flats, Yukon, using hydrological, limnological and community-collaborative research approaches
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-09)Shallow freshwater ecosystems are undergoing marked hydrological changes associated with a warming Arctic, which causes concern for remote northern communities that access these regions to maintain their traditional ... -
Assessing Safety Performance of Transportation Systems using Microscopic Simulation
(University of Waterloo, 2008-11-06)Transportation safety has been recognized as a public health issue worldwide, consequently, transportation researchers and practitioners have been attempting to provide adequate safety performance for the various ... -
Assessing Sensitivity of Subsurface Mine-Dewatering Activities to Climate Change
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-01)Underground mining activities require constant removal of groundwater from their void spaces to maintain dry and safely accessible excavations for ore extraction in a process known as dewatering. The nature and degree ... -
Assessing socio-economic determinants of energy-saving behavior in Waterloo Region
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-15)The residential sector is responsible for significant amounts of energy consumption; leading to several important social, economic, and environmental issues. The expected future population growth will require additional ...